Patents Examined by Camie S Tompson
  • Elastic strand bonded laminate
    Patent number: 6902796
    Abstract: A simplified elastic laminate is made from nonwovens and is especially suitable for side panels of training pant garments or the like. A plurality of thermoplastic adhesive elastomeric fibers are located between first and second facing webs. The fibers have an elastic core and adhesive surfaces. The facing webs, with the elastomeric fibers between them, are calendered together thus adhering the facing webs together via contact adhesion with the elastomeric fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Morell, James Russell Fitts, Jr., Bryan D. Haynes, Leslie D. Dobbins, Donald V. Willitts, Stephen Michael Campbell, Howard Martin Welch, Todd Christopher Larson, Mark Michael Mleziva, Adrian Roy Eggen